Forest Service Circular No. 35 Forest Preservation and National Prosperity

INTEREST OF THE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.

Mrs. LYDIA PHILLIPS WILLIAMS,
Federation of Women's Clubs.

I want to extend to you the fraternal greetings of the Federation of Women's Clubs, 800,000 strong, a reserve force which to-day is increasing, and whose interest in forestry is perhaps as great as that in any department of its work. The department of forestry in the federation was created only two years ago, yet at the biennial meeting at St. Louis in May only two departments could show as great an increase in interest. In the two years and a few months since that time 38 federations have formed forestry committees, which are enthusiastically spreading the propaganda for forest reserves and the necessity of irrigation.